You can't stop progress, but you can help decide what is progress and what isn't.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author argues that while progress is inevitable, we can choose what we consider progress.
- In plain terms
- We can't stop progress, but we can choose what counts as progress.
- What can you take from it?
- Define your own criteria for progress.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who defines progress for you?
Another view
Progress is rarely linear or easily defined.
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